Earlier today my husband pointed me to Jets Overhead‘s music video “No Nations” after reading Tim Bray’s post about the band. I really liked the song and will probably explore more of their music, which they offer via a Creative Commons license on their website. But what really struck me about the video were of […]
The term windspill captures the failings of our energy policy (as the Gulf of Mexico oilspill unfolds). We can now also see the shortcomings of NIMBYist and BANANAist obstructionism to alternative energy sources.
Bruce Katz on How to Overhaul Local Governments – WSJ.com A somewhat horrifying account by Bruce Katz on the fractured state of jurisdictional / municipal / state government in the US – and I thought the balkanized nature of our local (Victoria BC) government was bad! Katz lays out the benefits (such as they are) […]
Theodor Adorno strongly influenced my approach when I worked on post-World War II German art (specifically, West German abstract art). I was quite surprised recently to be reminded of him while reading Roger Martin’s business book, The Opposable Mind. I mean, Adorno and business? Really? On p.102-3 of my book, Reconstructing the Subject; Modernist Painting […]
Theme: Pool by Borja Fernandez.
Entries and comments feeds.